Blurred Lines

Part 8

When Sophia shows up at your apartment a couple of days later, she makes it very clear that the two of you are going to spend the day shopping together. There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it. She grabs your purse by the front door, throws a very quick "hi" and "bye" to an amused Sunwoo on the couch, and barely lets you put your shoes on before she's pulling you out the door.

You trip over your own feet as she drags you to her vehicle and grab onto her arm to keep yourself from face planting into the dirt. "Jesus, Soph, what's the rush?"

She slows down when she sees that you can barely keep up with her and turns to you. "Apparently, I've had to take drastic actions because you've decided to ditch me for your new roommate."

"I have not ditched you," you immediately argue as you come to a stop outside of her car. "There's just a lot going on."

She raises her brows as she waits for you to elaborate, and you sigh.

"Where do I even start? Minjee being a bitch from hell, the fact that I might have a developing crush on Sunwoo, or Jay randomly showing up a few days ago and bursting into my apartment?"

Sophia throws her hands up in a wait gesture and shakes her head with furrowed brows. She opens her mouth to say something before she closes it and shakes her head again. You know you threw a lot at her at once and it's gonna take a minute for her to process it all. 

She blinks at the ground for a moment before she points to her car. "In."

Without another word, you both climb into the vehicle. You silently wait for her to say something, examining her face while you wait and noting the disbelief and anger mixing on it. A moment later, she turns to you with narrowed eyes. 

"You're just now telling me all of this?"

Leaning back into the seat, you stare out the front window. Any other time, you would've told Sophia everything the minute it happened, but these instances were slightly different. Minjee's always a bitch, so that's nothing new, and when it comes to your possible crush… well, you're just now admitting to yourself that it's even there. You haven't given yourself the chance to think about it or process it. Then, when it comes to Jay… you have Sunwoo. You've been talking about it all with him.

"It's been a long week," you finally answer.

"Should I wait to drive until after you tell me about Jay? I really don't want to total my car."

You let out a soft laugh before you tell her everything that went down the day Jay showed up at your house. Her eyes grow angrier and wider the longer you speak. You watch as your dear, sweet Sophia turns into the human equivalent of a hellhound in the driver’s seat. It's a good thing she waited to drive because she is a ball of anger nearly ready to explode.

"I'll kill him."

"You haven't even heard the entire story yet."

"There's more?" She asks incredulously. 

Nodding, you say, "Sunwoo punched him in the face."

Her entire body comes off the seat as she looks at you with wide eyes. Her voice rises a couple of levels as she loudly asks, "He did what?!"

All you do is nod, and she slowly turns to face the steering wheel again, sinking into her seat as she whispers, "This is insane."

"Don't I know it."

She's quiet for a little bit before she turns to face you, eyes still wide as before. "Sunwoo punched him?" Nod. "In the face?" You tap your nose in response, and she goes. "Eric's gonna lose his shit."